Quotes About Arrival

Here she comes i' faith full sail, with her fan spread and streamers out, and a shoal of fools for tenders.—Ha, no, I cry her mercy!

Finally, at two minutes to three, in the sweltering heat of a Mesopotamian summer afternoon, I crossed the no-man's land into Syria.

He has all the time in the world, he can pick and choose, all the time you have is the moment of his arrival.

She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien's theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic. Souls can't move that quickly, and are left behind, and must be awaited, upon arrival, like lost luggage.

We were late among the living.

We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown.

We're coming! She felt like shouting it to the sky. We're on our way!

The truth is, of course, that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language.

That's the great illusion of travel, of course, the notion that there's somewhere to get to. A place where you can finally say, Ah, I've arrived. (Of course there is no such place. There's only a succession of waitings until you go home.)

I used to know where I was going but as I get older I just seem to arrive there!

A young chief, Chungu, did all he could for them, for when the Doctor explored these regions before, Chungu had been much impressed with him: and now, throwing off all the native superstition, he looked on the arrival of the dead body as a cause of real sorrow.

Behold, now, another providence of God. A ship comes into the harbor.

If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

The kingdom of God is not going to arrive on Air Force One.

Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not without reason called famous.

God has arrived. I met him on the 5:15 train.

You always know when you're going to arrive. If you go by car, you don't. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.

In 1923 there were no government benefits for immigrants except one: Freedom!

If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country.

Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving

Happiness always returns to port . . .

Finally, when happiness came knocking on my door, I'd be waiting. I'd open the door and say: "Where have you been? What took you so long? And if you just give me a moment I'll pack and go with you."

I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.